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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Liverpool crime fiction?

I'm heading to Liverpool and the Wirral at the end of the month for a few days. I'm looking for some crime fiction set in either location. Does anyone have any recommendations? They'd be much appreciated.

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I highly recommend you pick up a copy of Ramsey Campbell's short short collection "Alone with the Horrors," which includes many tales set in Liverpool (Campbell's hometown). A few are specific to Tuebrook and Wirral Way, and others are somewhat ambiguous, but he has a tendency to include specific streets and landmarks. This is one of my favorite collections.

Thanks Margot, Dyer. I'll look into both those recommendations, though I'm not a horror fan so not sure if the Campbell collection will be my kind of thing. And I'll stay away from the Ringo Starr albums, Paul!

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I'm a professor at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and the author of four crime novels and two collections of short stories, and author or editor of 25 academic books and a 12 volume encyclopedia. My passions are reading and writing crime fiction and undertaking research on social issues. The other blogs I contribute to are Ireland After NAMA and The Programmable City.